The sayings that “it is never too late” and “Old the hills and they regreen” read well; the point is that the right pitcher Manny barreda the moment you get on the hill with the Baltimore Orioles, you become the player Oldest Mexican to debut in the Major Leagues with at least 32 years and 334 days (as of today Tuesday).
The right-hander veteran, but rookie in MLB will surpass the Sinaloan Ernesto ‘Chico’ Escárrega, who arrived at 32 years and 120 days, this in 1982 with the Chicago White Sox:
In 2009, another Sinaloan (Walter Silva) made his debut for the San Diego Padres at the age of 32 years and 94 days. The funny thing is that both Escárrega and Silva only drank their ‘cup of coffee’ in the ‘Great Tent’, since they were only in the season in question.
Barrera, 1.80 meters tall, will seek to break with that stigma and why not, establish himself in the so-called ‘Great Circus’. But while they are pears or apples, Manny will make history simply by throwing a ball with the O’s.
It has been 14 years since the first contact in professional minor league baseball in the USA and four since the last time (2017 with Atlanta Braves) and Barreda shows that he has no barriers to fulfill his dream of playing in the best baseball in the world .
Manuel Antonio Barreda -his full name-, born in Sahuarita, Arizona, although of Mexican parents, has 15 years on the pay ball, noting that Orioles is his fourth organization in MLB:
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From 2007 to 2014 he belonged to the New York Yankees, from 2014 to 2015 to the Milwaukee Brewers and in addition to the aforementioned, Braves and now Orioles. In Tuesday’s game between the Baltimore and the Kansas City Royals, seven full innings are gone and Manny Barreda has not pitched.
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